Tongfamily (Richtong.com Sync)

Well buying a vacuum cleaner might sound like the height of boooorrrringgg, but what if you have someone who really needs 🙂 Consumer Reports is usually a good source for this and the $30 a year subscription is well worth it. After looking there are other places, the best “stick…

I had always thought that Amazon didn’t have any deals that include cash back. I was wrong. For certain stores, evrewards says ebates.com has them. 6% off for Toys for instance on top of the savings today. I’m so sorry I didn’t see this earlier! And its getting late but…

Ok, I haven’t used a Windows machine in a long time, but here’s a tip. If you are lucky enough to have a fancy display like the ASUS 27 which is a 144 Hz monitor, then you can turn on Lightboost to get much less flicker and motion artifacts as…

OK, I may regret it, but if you love bugs and other critters, you can’t live without: Sea Monkey Aquarium. Because brine shrimp are so cute.. Antsalive.com. The place to get ants and their habitats!

Well, you’d need a mighty big stocking for some of these things, but they are useful, so simpler  to more expensive: Cord wrappers. Don’t you hate it when your headphones cords are all over the place. I like the little man you wrap around Case of headphones. Headphones are too…

Nothing like a few stuffers, but the Katoona Microspikes. Ok, they are nerdy, but when it is icy, you’ll be thanking me. Just $51 from EMS and if you click through mrrebates.com, you get an additional 10% off and if you sign up for emsrewards, you get an additional 3%.…

Ok, the Playstation 4 and Xbox One might be a little big to stuff into a stocking, but they are clearly the big news of the gaming world. If you haven’t gotten one, then use zoolert.com and find one (like we did!). If you have these systems, then here’s a…

Yikes, you can get this error on your own site if you (like me!) sometimes forget your passwords and use an automatic connection like Scribefire. In my case, I mistyped the password so Better WP Security locks my own IP out. Now when I try to access tongfamily.com, I get…

Well if you are getting late into Boston airport and don’t feel like riding the T until 1AM, then what are your options: The Taxi cab quote is $95 out to the suburbs A check of Uber gives you $65, but you can’t do this in advance and make sure…

OK, I got the dreaded, turn on your MacBook Pro with Retina and it boots to a black screen. Yikes! The fix appears to be to do a PRAM reset. There are lots of other suggestions, but you basically hit the on and then hit Command-P-R until you hear the…